GAZ 21 Volga

[faksta]

Together with a third series a new body became available. Volga station wagon had its own index - GAZ M22 (since 1964 - GAZ 22).

GAZ M22 - basic modification,
GAZ M22A - prototype panel van,
GAZ M22B (М22Б) - ambulance,
GAZ M22BK (М22БК) - ambulance with more powerful 85hp engine,
GAZ M22BKJu (М22БКЮ) - M22BK for tropical countries,
GAZ M22BM (М22БМ) - export version of M22BK,
GAZ M22BMJu (М22БМЮ) - export version of M22BKJu,
GAZ M22G (М22Г) - export version with 75hp,
GAZ M22GJu (М22ГЮ) - M22G for tropical countries,
GAZ M22K - export version with 75hp (I don't know how it differs from M22G),
GAZ M22KE (М22КЭ) - M22K with shielded electrics.

Since 1965:

GAZ 22V (22В) - basic modification,
GAZ 22E (22Е) - export ambulance,
GAZ 22M - export 85hp modification,
GAZ 22MB (22МБ) - export ambulance (no idea how did it differ from 22E, maybe an 85hp engine),
GAZ 22MJu (22МЮ) - 22M for tropical countries,
GAZ 22N (22Н) - export RHD modification,
GAZ 22NJu (22НЮ) - 22N for tropical countries.

All GAZ 22 cars had a third series grille, although first prototypes were made with a second series ones.

[faksta]

One more car based on GAZ 21 was a GAZ 23 developed for KGB and other special services, such as cortege cars. This version, also resting on third series car, had a 5,53-liter 195hp engine (a modified GAZ 13 Chaika unit) and automatic transmission. For better weight distribution such cars carried an additional load in a trunk. From the outside it was made to look like a standard GAZ 21.

GAZ 23 - basic modification,
GAZ 23A - prototype with a manual transmission,
GAZ 23A1 - with special equipment,
GAZ 23B (23Б) - lux modification.

Through 1962-1970 about 600 such cars were assembled.

Pictures can be found here:
ÃÀÇ-23 Âîëãà

[faksta]

Some repair services and taxi parks assembled 21's from their own or spare parts, both during and after their production at GAZ. Beside factory versions there were pickups, panel vans and campers among such cars.

Ïèêàïû íà áàçå ÃÀÇ-21/22 Âîëãà
ГАЗ-22 "Волга" Фургон - second picture here is GAZ's own prototype.
ГАЗ-22 "Волга" Ж/Д

In 1965 in one of such repair services in Novosibirsk a party of parade cabriolets has been made.

Ïàðàäíûå êàáðèîëåòû ÃÀÇ-21.

In 1960s some 21's have been assembled in Belgium by Sobimpex company and sold through Scaldia company. In the beginning (since 1960) those cars had Perkins Four-99 48hp diesel engine, which was later replaced by 65hp Rover (in 1963) and 68hp Indenor-Peugeot XDP 4.90 (in 1964). There have never been diesel cars for domestic market. Through 1960-1967 a total number of 167 diesel cars have been sold via Scaldia in Benelux and Northern Europe. It is said that some 21's worked as taxis in Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Finland, Norway etc.

Áåëüãèéñêèå ÃÀÇ-21 "Âîëãà" Diesel - Scaldia - Sobimpex - Perkins Four-99, Rover, Indenor XDP

In 1961 Scaldia ordered a Volga redesign to Ghia, but a year after GAZ has updated the 21 on their own.

http://www.gaz21volga.com/21/21_prot...21I_Ghia_1.jpg

Here is a page with all (I think) prototypes of various GAZ 21 series, including a never-to-be fourth series prototype:

1953-1965 Ïðîòîòèïû ÃÀÇ-21 Âîëãà.


Among factory projects there have been a 4x4 GAZ 22 prototype and a prototype of a car with fuel injection engine.


GAZ 21 engine and other mechanicals have been widely used in Soviet motorsport in sixties. Sportscars and formulas have been mainly built by drivers themselves, but GAZ has also had its own GAZ SG4 based on 21 mechanicals.

Finally, 21 has become a basis for many DIY cars and cars developed by small factories.

[jcp123]

You know, I've looked at a bunch of Soviet cars...they had some neat vehicles...

[henk4]

Just to add some illustrations to this thread, here are shots of the main three version of the GAZ21, the Star, the next and the final.
Shots were taken at the Almaty motorshow in October 2006. (with the old Sony, so quality is slightly off). I have added the signs which were put next to the cars, I am sure Faksta will be able to read them

[faksta]

Sure. Maybe the translation will not be beautiful though...

Volga M21V
1 series - 'The star'

Gorkiy automotive factory, city of Gorkiy (Nizhniy Novgorod),
USSR
Chief constructor - A.M.Nevzorov

Production year.............................................. ................1958
Displacement...................................... ..........................2,12 L
Output............................................ .............................52 hp
Maximum speed............................................. .............105 km/h
Fuel consumption....................................... ........13,5 L / 100 km
Dry weight............................................ ......................1350 kg

Full restoration in year 2004
RTS auto works

Year 1958...Zhukov's stars on Volga grilles...before marshall's opal some 31 thousand were made...a new term has appeared in motorists' slang in no way related to ichtyology - 'shark jaws'... a new Volga grille with 16 vertical vents was called so, while in Russian language a new demographic term has appeared - 'Children of the festival'...2 years until Gagarin' flight...

[seglare]

Sure. Maybe the translation will not be beautiful though...

Dear faksta,

I need the right datas for a new project that includes the GAZ-21. Are these specifications true? I mean are these official datas?

And I would need the right specifications of the M24 and the GAZ-3102 models.
Thank you in advance for your and/or other's help!

[faksta]

Second plate

Volga M21K, export
2 series - 'Shark jaws'

Gorkiy automotive factory, city of Gorkiy (Nizhniy Novgorod),
USSR
Chief constructor - A.M.Nevzorov

Production year.............................................. ................1961
Displacement...................................... .........................2,445 L
Output............................................ .............................75 hp
Maximum speed............................................. .............135 km/h
Fuel consumption....................................... ...........12 L / 100 km
Dry weight............................................ ......................1350 kg

Full restoration in year 2005
RTS auto works

Year 1961...Gagarin walks through carpet for a report to the head of party and government, untied shoelace, everyone's nervous...That year money reform took place. Voznesenskiy will later write 'Take Lenin off the money!' Volga's price was 5100 roubles...
Year 1964...In October Leonid Iljich replaced Nikita Sergeevich. Since then Brezhnev never rode Volga...
Year 1965...Ryazanov films 'Beregis avtomobilja' at Mosfilm. Watching that movie we still live through and love Yuri Detochkin, his trophys and waltz, in time with which a beige Volga swung rushing through the highway...

[faksta]

And the last one

Volga M21S, export
3 series - 'Whalebone'

Gorkiy automotive factory, city of Gorkiy (Nizhniy Novgorod),
USSR
Chief constructor - A.M.Nevzorov

Production year.............................................. ................1967
Displacement...................................... .........................2,445 L
Output............................................ .............................75 hp
Maximum speed............................................. .............135 km/h
Fuel consumption....................................... ...........12 L / 100 km
Dry weight............................................ ......................1350 kg

Full restoration in year 2006
RTS auto works

Year 1967...the dusk of 'thaw' and the beginning of 'stagnation'...a year after the Beatles will decay...in 1969 Efremov drives Doronina through Moscow in his taxi in 'Three poplars on Plyuschiha'...our fathers wait for us in Alma-Ata maternities...

[dydzi]

faksta, thankyou so much for your input, it's heavily appreciated now i don't have any doubts i will have the pics on the beginning of the next week, i'll be able to share some

[faksta]

I have also found some of my own pictures and thought I'd post them.

1-3. GAZ 21 (3 series) at 2008 classic rally season opening on a Red Square.
4-5. GAZ 21 (2 series) at 2007 classic rally season closure.

[dydzi]

ok, first picture finished. it'll be on whole page in the mag

[Maxx]

ok, first picture finished. it'll be on whole page in the mag

Bumper's bottom (steel painted part) should be the same colour like car's body (i.e. - black)

[faksta]

Great! How was it made? Did someone hang on a rear bumper?

[dydzi]

nope, it is a special construction (rig) attached to a car